Indrani Roy is an Indian cricketer who was selected by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. £1 million was auctioned at the Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction held on 13 February 2023. She is a wicketkeeper, right-arm batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler.
Wiki/Biography
Indrani Ivy Roy was born on Friday, 5 September 1997 in Lilua, Howrah, West Bengal (age 25; as of 2022). She attended Sunrise (Engineering Medicine) School in Howrah, West Bengal. She pursued her Bachelor of Arts degree from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. When she was a child, she played various sports but was not particularly interested in cricket. She became interested in cricket when she was in eighth grade. One day, when she went to a tuition class, she saw a woman practicing cricket. That day she thought the coaching center was just around the corner and the next day she went there and played cricket for the first time. She loved the game so much that she started going to the center every day and started playing cricket at the age of 15. As she practiced, her learning suffered. She didn’t do well in school, so her father told her to stop playing. She has stopped playing cricket for two years but her mind has always been on the game. She had been looking for a coaching center to train women and when she found one she was afraid to tell her father so she requested coach Pachu Gopal Majhi to come to her house to facilitate her father. Her father agreed and she started training when she was in Class 10. In an interview, she said of the incident:
It was not until Mr. Panchu Gopal Majhi came to my house and convinced my parents that they allowed me to play cricket. From that day on, they gave everything they had for my cricketing career and I am happy to be able to repay them in my own way. My mother has always been a source of inspiration to me. We rarely discuss my game at home, but they have always been strong supporters of mine. I am currently practicing in Kolkata. I called my family and they were so happy for me. It looks like all the sacrifices they made for my game are finally paying off. “
When she joined the coaching centre, she regularly played with boys competing in state and Class A competitions, which helped her improve her game.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′7″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Indrani was born into a Bengali family.
Parents and siblings
Indrani’s mother, Nita Roy, is a government employee.
Indrani Roy and her mother
Her sister’s name is Jui Piyali Roy.
Indrani Roy’s sister
cricket
In 2014, she was selected by the Bangladesh U-19 team. She won the national championship in the 2014-15 season. She left the team in 2018 after four outstanding years for the team. In 2017, she joined the Jharkhand women’s team. According to her, the reason why she left the Bengal team was because there were other wicketkeepers in the team and she did not get a chance to showcase her wicketkeeping skills but she gained a lot of experience as a batsman. She represented Bokaro in the inter-district tournament of the Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA).
Indrani Roy’s team Bakaro wins Jharkhand T20 Challenger Trophy 2021
She was selected for the U-23 Challenger Trophy when she was part of the Jharkhand team. In 2018, she played for the Indian Blue Cricket Team and in 2019, she played for the Indian C Team.
Indrani Roy with Jharkhand u-23 women’s team
She participated in the 2019-20 Women’s Senior One-Day Cup, scoring her maiden hundred in the One-Day competition and scoring 132 not out. She helped the team reach the semifinals, but the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2020-21 Senior Women’s One-Day League, she was the tournament’s leading run-scorer with 456 runs in 8 matches, including two centuries.
Indrani Roy (centre) holds the Senior Women’s One-Day Trophy
In May 2021, she was selected for the Indian women’s cricket team to tour England, but was not included in the match lineup. She was selected to compete in one-off Test matches, Women’s One-Day Internationals (WODI) and Women’s Twenty20 Internationals (WT20I). Later in 2021, she was not selected for India’s tour of Australia in September and October. In 2023, she played in the Railway Senior Women’s One-Day Cup match against Kerala. In February 2023, she was purchased by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. The Women’s Premier League (WPL) will be held in March with a prize fund of Rs 10 lakh.
Favorites
Cricketer: MS Dhoni
tattoo
- There are paw prints on the neck.
Indrani Roy’s paw tattoo on neck
- She has “Believer” tattooed on her neck
Indrani Roy’s ‘Believer’ tattoo on her neck
- The yin and yang symbol is printed on the chest
Indrani Roy chest tattoo
Facts/Trivia
- Her jersey number is #97 (India).
- She trained under Pachu Gopal Majhi.
- She enjoys writing poetry and rapping.
- When she was playing for the Jharkhand team, she participated in the JPL (Jharkhand Premier League) organized by the Jharkhand Cricket Association, which helped her improve her skills ahead of the Women’s Senior One-Day Cup 2019 .
- She is a big fan of MS Dhoni and had the opportunity to meet him during a training session in Ranchi. In an interview, she spoke about the advice Dhoni gave her and said:
Mahi bhai provided me with valuable advice that helped me improve my reflexes and movement within a five meter radius. This is a key thing for a goalkeeper and he suggested that I should work on getting better. This actually helps me. It was an honor to learn a thing or two from a legend like Mahi Sir and his advice actually helped me improve my game. I try to remember his tips every time I land. “
Indrani Roy and MS Dhoni’s collage
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education